Leconfield 76 Cabernet 2021
- 96
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2050
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Most people are well and truly retired at 76. Not oenologist Sydney Hamilton, whom after 60 years in winemaking decided to establish Leconfield. Hence the name 76. This is just beautiful. It combines the elegance you get with Coonawarra with the inherent power and structure of Cabernet from this great region. A mix of tobacco leaf and blackcurrant with a little oyster shell minerality. Firm fine chalky tannins contribute to the controlled restraint of the palate which extends effortlessly to a very long finish. Destined for a lengthy stay in the cellar.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
